Statistical Business Register in Georgia GOGITA TODRADZE Meeting of Groups of Experts on Business Registers Organized jointly by UNECE, Eurostat and OECD Geneva, 2-4 September, 2013

Data sources and maintenance of business register Administrative sources: National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR) Revenue Service (Tax Office) Surveys: Quarterly and annual business surveys Business register update survey (monthly, computer assisted telephone interview (CATI) Other business surveys

Progress and developments Improved access on administrative sources; International cooperation; Complete metadata document on business register; New database and structure; New software for business register; New procedures for updating of business register; New surveys for update of BR (CATI).

Existing problems and possible solutions Quality of administrative data: - Accuracy of data (activity, actual address, phone number etc) - Incomplete data (kind of economic activity, actual address etc) Methodology (definition, if enterprise is active or non-active) Non response (business register update survey - CATI) Lack of legislation Not sufficient financial recourses (economic census) Not enough experts

Future plans Implementation of international recommendations related business register (local unit, enterprise unit, local kind of activity unit); Active cooperation with administrative institutions and working with administrative sources; Active cooperation with international organizations and experts; Improve quality of business register using various administrative sources and surveys; Share experience of other country; Increase knowledge of staff (training: MS SQL, Crystal report).

Thank you for attention! Gogita Todradze Head of Business Statistics Division National Statistics Office of Georgia gtodradze@geostat.ge